Boiler stand



March 29 1927.

O. M. REDLON BOILER STAND Filed Feb. e. 192s Illlllllll NVENTOR JW'eC//w' BY ATTORNEYS CFI Patente-d Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSGOOD M. REDLON, 0F BATH, MAINE.

BOILER STAND.

Application filed February This invention relates to boiler stands andmore particularly to adjustable stands for domestic boilers, an objectof the invention being to provide a stand which may be adjusted so as tosupport boilers of different diameters and which is also capable ofmodilication or adjustment to support the boiler at any desiredelevation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andpointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view, partly in sideelevation and partly in vertical section, illustrating my improved standin operative position supporting` a domestic boiler., the latter beingshown by dot and dash lines;

Figure 2 is a view in elevation at right angles to Figure 1;

Figure 3 is al top plan view of my im proved stand;

Figure 4 is an enlarged view in transverse section on the line l-l ofFigure 1.

1 represents the base of my improved stand which is provided with acentral recess 2 in its upper face, receiving a post 3. a represents aU-bracket which is provided centrally with an enlargement 5 having arecess 6 in its lower face receiving the upper end of the post 3. Thispost 3 and the recesses 2 and 6 are of general cylindrical form but itis of course to be understood that they may be of any shape desired, andit is also to be understood that the post is designed to be removable sothat a longer or shorter post may be. inserted to vary the height of thestand and the consequent elevation of the boilerI supported thereon,

The U-bracket l is so constructed at its respective ends as to providesupporting plates 7 which are horizontally disposed and which in crosssection are of dovetail formation; in other words7 the side edges ofthese plates 7 taper inwardly from their upper to their lower edges.

The plates 7 support adjustable brackets 8 and these brackets in theirlower faces have rooves 9 corresponding in cross sectional ghape to thecross sectional shape of the 6, 1926. serial No. 86,620.

lplates 7 to fit said plates but are capable of sliding movement thereonwit-hout danger of displace-ment.

These brackets 8 have bearing faces 10 adapted to receive a boiler 11thereon, and upwardly projecting flanges 12 on the bearing faces of thebrackets 8 engage the outer face of the boiler so as to hold the sameagainst displacement.

It will be noted, particularly by reference to Figure 3, that thesebearing faces 10 are extended beyond the intermediate portions of thebrackets and are curved concentrically with each other and with theboiler so as to give the desired supportfor the boiler.

As above stated, the brackets 8 are adjustable toward and away from eachother so as to fit and accommodate various sizes of boilers, but it isof course desirable that these brackets when once adjusted may berigidly secured against accidental movement. lith this end in view lform longitudinal slots 13 in the brackets 8 and provide' 0penings 111in the plates 7. Headed bolts or screws 15 project through the slots 13and openings 14, and nut-s 16 are screwed onto the screws or bolts 15below the plates 7 to securely clamp the parts in any position ofadjustment.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general formof the parts described without departing'from my invention and hence Ido not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myselfat liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A stand of the character described, comprising a U-bracket, means forsupporting the U-bracket, flat plates at the ends of the U-brackethaving tapering edges, boiler supporting brackets having grooves intheir under faces fitting the plates, bolts projected through theboiler' supporting brackets and through the plates, nuts or said bolts,and one of said parts having longitudinal slots accommodating the boltsconnected thereby whereby the boiler supporting brackets are capable ofadjustment toward and away from each other.

OSGOOD M. REDLON.

